Kraish joins American Gods as the Jinn, “a mythical creature of the fire who understands a person’s deepest desires.” Obi will play Anubis, the Egyptian god of the dead. Leachman’s Zorya Vechernyaya is “the eldest of three sisters who watch over the constellations, guarding against horrors forgotten by modern man.” And Stormare has been cast as Czernobog, a Slavic god of darkness and evil who doesn’t completely trust Mr. Wednesday (Ian McShane).

The adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel, which centers on the conflict between old and new gods, is set to run for 10 episodes. Bryan Fuller and Michael Green serve as writers and showrunners on the series, and David Slade is set to direct the pilot episode.